Conformational Analysis of a Hybrid DNA-RNA Double Helical Oligonucleotide in Aqueous Solution: d(CG)r(CG)d(CG) Studied by 1D- and 2D-1H NMR Spectroscopy
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
- Vol. 1 (1), 131-149
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.1983.10507430
Abstract
The double helical structure of the self-complementary DNA-RNA-DNA hybrid d(CG)r(CG) d(CG) was studied in solution by 500 MHz 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The non-exchangeable base protons and the (deoxy)ribose H1′, H2′ and H2″ protons were unambiguously assigned using 2D-J-correlated (COSY) and 2D-NOE (NOESY) spectroscopy techniques. A general strategy for the sequential assignment of 1H-NMR spectra of (double) helical DNA and RNA fragments by means of 2D-NMR methods is presented. Conformational analysis of the sugar rings of d(CG)r(CG)d(CG) at 300 K shows that the central ribonucleotide part of the helix adopts an A-type double helical conformation. The 5′- and 3′-terminal deoxyribose base pairs, however, take up the normal DNA-type conformation. The A-to-B transition in this molecule involves only one (deoxyribose) base pair. It is shown that this A-to-B conformational transition can only be accomodated by two specific sugar pucker combinations for the junction base pair, i.e. N·S (C3′-endo-C2′-endo, 60%, where the pucker given first is that assigned to the junction nucleotide residue of the strand running 5′ → 3′ from A-RNA to B-DNA) and S·S (C2′-endo-C2′-endo, 40%).This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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